Our Dearest Sakura

In 2010, Sakura begins her second year at Hanamura Construction in HR despite wanting to join Civil Works. Ordered to help cut overtime, she visits each department and reunites with her peers. When she learns Kikuo is suffering under an abusive boss, Sakura must choose how far to go to protect him... and her own dream. ©NIPPON TV

In March 2011, right before the Great East Japan Earthquake, Sakura teams up with Yuri in PR to create a recruitment brochure. Learning that Yuri has suffered sexism and harassment in the male-dominated company, Sakura's blunt intervention causes an uproar. Amid the chaos after the disaster, she then hears Yuri plans to quit and marry. ©NIPPON TV

In September 2012, Sakura returns to HR and is assigned to employee mental-health support. She discovers that Rentaro, unable to fit in with his department, is being bullied. When Sakura is injured stopping him from attacking a coworker with a box cutter, she and the others visit his home, determined to help their withdrawn friend. ©NIPPON TV

In her fifth year in HR, Sakura gathers the group to celebrate Aoi's company award. But after his government project is suddenly frozen, his arrogance drives a wedge between them. Taken advantage of at work for his elite bureaucrat father's connections and belittled at home, Aoi hides a deep inferiority complex. Sakura reaches out... only for him to ask her to date him. ©NIPPON TV

In her sixth working year, Sakura has been transferred to a subsidiary and begins doubting the beliefs she has always stood by. Meanwhile, single mother Sumire struggles to balance work and childcare while running a women's seminar for a demanding commentator. Seeing her mother constantly compromise, Sumire's daughter asks Sakura if growing up is hard. ©NIPPON TV

Construction finally begins on the bridge Sakura has dreamed of for her hometown. Though she cannot work on it directly, she longs to cross it someday with her grandfather. Then Kurokawa asks her to return to the island and reassure residents worried about its safety. There, Sakura faces a life-changing choice and a heartbreaking farewell. ©NIPPON TV